Improvement in toy hoops



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` Toy Hoops. N0. 146,787, Patentedlan.27,1874.`

UNITED STATES GEORGE O. STONE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOV HOOPS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,787, dated January27, 1874; application tiled .lune 19, 1873. Y 4

To aLl whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE (l. STONE, of the city of Washington,District of Columbia, have invented a Toy Hoop, of which the followingis a speciiicat-ion:

My invention relates to the combination, with an ordinary toy hoop, of abell affixed by means ot' Wire or cord composed of other material, tothe center thereof, so that the act of rolling',` the hoop will causethe bell to tinkle at each quarter revolution.

The drawing is a perspective View oi' a hoop embodying my invention.

A is a hoop; B B, center plates; C, axle to which the bell F is looselyhun g D, wires looped at each end, and secured to the stay-wires E, andaiiixed transversely, to keep the said staywires separated, and also forthe purpose of arresting' the tongue attachment I, secured to theclapper H. Rising vertically from the apex of the bell is an arm, K,provided with a bandloop at its end, which secures the bell to the axleO, being` prevented from sliding laterally l either to one side or theother of the axle by means of the washers G.

It will be perceived that as the hoop revolves the bell will, by itsgravity, remain in a vertical position, and at each quarter revolution,the tongue I will come in contact with the transverse wires D, and bethereby arrested suiicient-ly to throw the clapper from a verticalposition, and bring;1 the same in contact with the sides forming,` themouth of the bell.

I claim as my inventionl. The toy hoop A, having the stay-wires E, thetransverse brace-wires D, the center plates B and bell F, constructedsubstantially as described.

2. The bell F, loosely secured to the axle C, as described, and providedwith the tongue H I, all arranged substantially as and for thc purposesetforth.

GEO. C. STONE. "itnesses T. C. CONNOLLY, ELDRIDGE J. SMITH.

